4 Results with the "African Fiction" tag

Dinner for one, again. Victoria Waina stared at the clean plate across from her. This was not the first time her boyfriend had canceled. She chewed the piece of spicy chicken she had spent hours marinating, swallowing it along with the lump in her throat. She had made dinner, thinking Ronald, her boyfriend of two years, would show up, but he had called to…

Beyond the Frame by Elly Ann She’s tired of living in the background of her own life. He’s spent years hiding behind a lens. Victoria Waina is a senior sales manager at Nairobi’s elegant Savon Hotel, an expert at making other people’s dreams look seamless. However, her own life is far from perfect. After discovering her boyfriend of two years (who also happens to…

Eric Kabuto was at a disadvantage. He usually avoided sobbing women unless they were his mother or one of his four sisters. Experience had taught him that a woman’s tears were a powerful weapon, one he had no idea how to defend against. Now there was a woman at his feet, face buried in her hands, letting out a sob so raw it tugged…

Victoria sat in the waiting room of her doctor’s office. It was Thursday afternoon, and she fought a rising wave of anxiety while she waited for her appointment. She had called her doctor the same day she discovered the truth about Ronald. Olive had insisted she come in that evening after work for a checkup, and the nurse had drawn three vials of blood.…